EggyToast wrote:
quoted 13 lines (see post below)
> (see post below)
>
> As I said later in my post with "Many of the mentioned artists have done
> good things for allowing music that we enjoy to exist, but not directly," I
> meant that these artists are definitely responsible for allowing music such
> as autechre, et al to be produced. Their work in academic and other fields
> is astonishing, but I don't think they have much direct influence in the
> majority of IDM.
>
> What I mean by that, is I don't think autechre listened to any of them. I
> doubt many electronic musicians we discuss on the list spent any time
> listening to any of this body of classical work, at least not until they
> were much further into producing electronic music.
But how can you assume that without asking them? Just because you never listened
to Stockhausen when you were 16 doesn't mean Autechre didn't...I remember first
hearing Kontakte when I was about 20, sitting in my dorm room with the lights
switched off and listening to these amazingly strange dive bombing noises and
electronic explosions panning across the room, definitely left a permanent
impression on me.
quoted 4 lines Obviously, we'd have to ask the artists, but that's what I'm on
> Obviously, we'd have to ask the artists, but that's what I'm on
> about. When I started playing around with production, I hadn't listened to
> any "avant garde" classical work, and from the artists I've spoken to,
> neither had they. To me, that's not much influence.
To me, that's an overgeneralization.
John
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John von Seggern
DJ/producer
Digital Cutup Lounge
Hong Kong
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